Biyernes, Enero 20, 2017

Skeptics on
President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on illegal drugs compared Thailand’s war on
narcotics where almost 3,000 died in the First Drug War in February to April
2003 and countless died in the Second Drug War in 2005.

AUTHOR TOOK THIS PHOTO. Ricky Cornel holds affectionately the face

of
his older brother Piggie, 43, who was slain by the police in a drug

sting operation
early of July last year in Dagupan City. Ricky and Piggie

submitted themselves
a week earlier as pusher and user of shabu (meth) to the

village chief of Bonuan
Gueset and made a promissory note that they

would avoid narcotics. Piggie,
however, was caught by the police with a

notorious pusher in a motel room
selling shabu and fought out with the

police that resulted to their being
shot to death.

Despite the
thousands of persons killed in Thailand
and those 6000 individuals who died in legitimate police operation and those on
Death Under Investigation (D.U.I) in the
Philippines war on dangerous drugs, these skeptics say Duterte’s war on
narcotics is destined to fail.

But as a radio
commentator and journalist who visit regularly city and town mayors and chiefs
of police in the 48 cities and towns’ Pangasinan, I could say that the
dangerous drugs war launched by the Duterte Administration are picking up and
resulted to significant drop not only of drug pushing and using but of index
crimes like theft, robbery, and other petty crimes.

In Alaminos
City, Police
Chief Superintendent Benjamin Ariola cited recently that only two of the 39
villages in this Western Pangasinan city are still not illegal drug free.
Dagupan City’s Chief of Police Superintendent
Neil Miro declared in January 12 the city as 90.2 percent after narcotics
prevalent Barangay Pantal and Pogo Chico of the 31 villages’ city were publicly
announced as drug free.